I want to get one for my house to replace my PFSense VM. I really only need it for VPN, so a $100 box that just works will be awesome. I'd really like to replace our Cisco ASA's with the pro version. I think Cisco is going to lose a TON of SMB business on this deal.

I wonder if this would have been a better solution than the $225 Netgate m1n1wall I bought earlier this year.

Maybe I'll put the m1n1wall at the main office and try out the Ubiquiti guy in my remote locations. Although I do like having the same model everywhere so I don't have to remember how to run 3 different firewalls. Especially since pfsense allows me to skin the UIs.

I would just get a Mikrotik router. They're $70, and they're unbelievable. FAR better than anything else, in my opinion. Hell, I would put a $70 Mikrotik router up against anything Cisco makes for less than $10000. Seriously.

I would just get a Mikrotik router. They're $70, and they're unbelievable. FAR better than anything else, in my opinion. Hell, I would put a $70 Mikrotik router up against anything Cisco makes for less than $10000. Seriously.

With the caveat that they have a steep learning curve compared to configure compared to a SOHO router. (Speaking as one who bought a RB750GL since the edge max isn't available yet)I'm hoping the edge max will have a better GUI than the mikrotik.

I would just get a Mikrotik router. They're $70, and they're unbelievable. FAR better than anything else, in my opinion. Hell, I would put a $70 Mikrotik router up against anything Cisco makes for less than $10000. Seriously.

With the caveat that they have a steep learning curve compared to configure compared to a SOHO router. (Speaking as one who bought a RB750GL since the edge max isn't available yet)I'm hoping the edge max will have a better GUI than the mikrotik.

I would just get a Mikrotik router. They're $70, and they're unbelievable. FAR better than anything else, in my opinion. Hell, I would put a $70 Mikrotik router up against anything Cisco makes for less than $10000. Seriously.

Considering you can get an ISR 2911 for under $1k and it handily beat the Mikrotik even if you don't consider things like PoE, service ready engine, Unity Express, etc I think you're stretching the truth a bit =)

That said it does look like a nice bit of kit for the price, just wish they had a model with simultaneous band WiFi =)

I would just get a Mikrotik router. They're $70, and they're unbelievable. FAR better than anything else, in my opinion. Hell, I would put a $70 Mikrotik router up against anything Cisco makes for less than $10000. Seriously.

With the caveat that they have a steep learning curve compared to configure compared to a SOHO router. (Speaking as one who bought a RB750GL since the edge max isn't available yet)I'm hoping the edge max will have a better GUI than the mikrotik.

How steep are we talking about here? I could use more than 3 ports...

It's not that steep. Out-of-the-box it's already configured like a "regular" SOHO wireless router, though. And it has a configuration wizard, too.

The advantage of it is that it can do ANYTHING you can think of. You can modify every interface to do/be whatever you want it to be. That's where it can get elaborate. But if you understand basic routing principles, it's not complex. It's MILES easier to configure than any other full-featured router I've ever used.

Molo, do you have one? I'm curious because I'm going back and forth between the EdgeMax and an rb750gl (or whatever the latest incarnation of that is).

One of my questions is about the user licensing they (mikrotik) reference on their web page. Is that for users logging into the device, like in a captive portal-type situation? Or is for X number of devices behind the router? Like the default in an ASA5505, it's a 10-user device unless you upgrade.

I'm also wondering the same thing about the EdgeMax, in case anyone knows. I'm currently using a Netscreen NS5-GT at home, which is only a 10-user device. It's never been an issue, but as more and more things get online, it might. (And no, I don't want to setup some kind of double-NAT nonsense.)

It's not locked down at all. It's custom hardware requiring a custom kernel. They even mention in your link that some are already working on a BSD port. And frankly, I couldn't care less anyway. I am buying their device because if the performance it provides *now* and the features and nice UI they are using. Otherwise, I could just install Vyatta (what it's based on) or pfSense on generic hardware.

One of my questions is about the user licensing they (mikrotik) reference on their web page. Is that for users logging into the device, like in a captive portal-type situation? Or is for X number of devices behind the router? Like the default in an ASA5505, it's a 10-user device unless you upgrade.

Licensing appears to only be for the mikrotik OS run on non-routerboard hardware (that is on x86 machines).

Looking at these descriptions, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/User_Manager/Users, I think that I'm OK, and the user manager users are for things where you authenticate to the router before doing whatever. Not just a normal system behind it accessing the internet.

If I can find the time, I'll probably build another VM and test the downloadable OS against some VMs, but from what i can tell, and from how these devices are marketed, I don't think they're doing the same category of licensing as Cisco/Juniper.

I've also been thinking of picking up one of the Groove 2HN models for traveling. They'd be perfect for hotel rooms where the in-hotel wifi coverage sucks, but they also have an ethernet drop available.

I'm looking at swapping out some of my home gear for something better and the Routerboard stuff might be just what I'm looking for. Anyone have any experience w/ their wireless gear? I've got a home office at the far end of my house that running Cat5 to will be a bitch. I've got wireless there with a 2nd AP but I'd like to replace that older 2nd access point I'm running with something a bit newer/better and something like the RB951G might be just what I'm looking for. The 5 Gig ports would allow me to use it like a wireless switch for printers and such which would be perfect.

I just got mine it and I'm liking it a lot. Having such a slick package with a nice cli all in a low power, small box is nice. I'm still getting acquainted and figuring out how to set everything up (GUI, while nice, is missing many things). It's basically running Vyayta 6.3 at this point with a custom web UI. So, following the Vyatta docs works well.

Apparently they're still hard to find. I bought mine from Microcom.us and while they said march for delivery they shipped the day after I ordered.

How hard is this router to set up, particularly for QoS? I've been reading some reviews of the EdgeRouter Lite and some Mikrotik/RouterBoard routers, and it seems like they may be a little complicated (especially for QoS). I have no problem setting up consumer routers but I don't want to spend a day figuring out how to set something up.

Here's what I need to do: Assign some static IPs. For one of those IPs, mark it as VoIP and set up QoS.

I need a reliable router (wireless isn't necessary) and was wondering if I should get one of these or maybe a Mikrotik. The Asus N66U has gotten good reviews but it's more expensive and I don't really need the wireless functionality.

A lot of that stuff is done CLI right now. There's good docs out there though. It's basically Vyatta 6.3 at the moment so looking up the docs for it will show you how difficult or easy it should be to you.

I've seen a few posts but that's probably normal for new products. I have absolutely no problems with mine. Having this many features in a nice, low power box that even supports upnp is awesome. I also like how the CLI is JUNOS-like.

My cousin and I just got ours. Really nice so far. It's replacing a pfSense box. Functionality through the GUI is mostly complete for the main stuff. Note I'm a CLI noob, so if it's not in the GUI, I probably won't do it unless it's easyish.